ICC Masonry Exam Questions &
Actual Correct Answers
Number of mortar compression tests taken per day for the first three successive work days -
correct answer ✔✔1, RCMCI ED 6, 3.2.4
Standard specification for loadbearing
concrete masonry units - correct answer ✔✔ASTM C 90 S 2.2.1
Grout admixtures used to obtain high
slump with reduced water - correct answer ✔✔Super plasticizer S 2.11.6
Standard specification for autoclaved aerated CMU to conform to the strength class specified in
the documents - correct answer ✔✔ASTM C 1386, CI 530 Part 2 S 2.3E
Grout used in construction of engineered and empirically designed masonry structures - correct
answer ✔✔ASTM C 476
accordance for slump test for grout - correct answer ✔✔ASTM C 1019, ASTM C 1019-03
Conditions for grout specimen testing - correct answer ✔✔Damp, ASTM C 1019-03
How long must prisms cure before being cut according to prism test methods - correct answer
✔✔28 hours, 2006 IBC
, Min amount of time for masonry prism tests not to be disturbed or moved after construction
and grouting - correct answer ✔✔48 hours, ASTM C 1314, S 5.10
Amount of time between obtaining first and final portions of grout when field sampling grout -
correct answer ✔✔15 minutes, ASTM C 1019, S 7.2.1
Temperature below which glass masonry units shall not be laid - correct answer ✔✔60 degrees
F, 2006 IBC
Min time to cover newly constructed masonry with weather resistant membrane when
temperature is below 40 - correct answer ✔✔24 hours, 2006 IBC
Max mean daily temperature permitted before fog spraying newly constructed masonry during
curing - correct answer ✔✔100 degrees F, 2006 IBC
How long until mortar used in masonry construction should be discarded when the ambient
temperature is over 90 and the wind is over 8 mph - correct answer ✔✔2 hours; 2006 IBC
Type of unit masonry required to be placed with head and bed joints solidly filled - correct
answer ✔✔Glass; 2006 IBC
Thin bed mortar joints used in laying autoclaved aerated concrete
masonry units shall not exceed a thickness of - correct answer ✔✔1/16"; 2006 IBC
Max distance that mortar may be spread ahead of AAC masonry units when the temperature is
over 100 or when the temperature is 90 with wind speed of 8mph - correct answer ✔✔4 ft,
RCMCI ED6, S 11.2.4
Max spacing for weep holes placed in outside
Actual Correct Answers
Number of mortar compression tests taken per day for the first three successive work days -
correct answer ✔✔1, RCMCI ED 6, 3.2.4
Standard specification for loadbearing
concrete masonry units - correct answer ✔✔ASTM C 90 S 2.2.1
Grout admixtures used to obtain high
slump with reduced water - correct answer ✔✔Super plasticizer S 2.11.6
Standard specification for autoclaved aerated CMU to conform to the strength class specified in
the documents - correct answer ✔✔ASTM C 1386, CI 530 Part 2 S 2.3E
Grout used in construction of engineered and empirically designed masonry structures - correct
answer ✔✔ASTM C 476
accordance for slump test for grout - correct answer ✔✔ASTM C 1019, ASTM C 1019-03
Conditions for grout specimen testing - correct answer ✔✔Damp, ASTM C 1019-03
How long must prisms cure before being cut according to prism test methods - correct answer
✔✔28 hours, 2006 IBC
, Min amount of time for masonry prism tests not to be disturbed or moved after construction
and grouting - correct answer ✔✔48 hours, ASTM C 1314, S 5.10
Amount of time between obtaining first and final portions of grout when field sampling grout -
correct answer ✔✔15 minutes, ASTM C 1019, S 7.2.1
Temperature below which glass masonry units shall not be laid - correct answer ✔✔60 degrees
F, 2006 IBC
Min time to cover newly constructed masonry with weather resistant membrane when
temperature is below 40 - correct answer ✔✔24 hours, 2006 IBC
Max mean daily temperature permitted before fog spraying newly constructed masonry during
curing - correct answer ✔✔100 degrees F, 2006 IBC
How long until mortar used in masonry construction should be discarded when the ambient
temperature is over 90 and the wind is over 8 mph - correct answer ✔✔2 hours; 2006 IBC
Type of unit masonry required to be placed with head and bed joints solidly filled - correct
answer ✔✔Glass; 2006 IBC
Thin bed mortar joints used in laying autoclaved aerated concrete
masonry units shall not exceed a thickness of - correct answer ✔✔1/16"; 2006 IBC
Max distance that mortar may be spread ahead of AAC masonry units when the temperature is
over 100 or when the temperature is 90 with wind speed of 8mph - correct answer ✔✔4 ft,
RCMCI ED6, S 11.2.4
Max spacing for weep holes placed in outside
